Enter the fascinating world of corruption, chicanery, low-tech fraud, and forensic tools that uncover it. The story is told through the eyes of a Russian election official who has participated in campaigns of all levels in the past 4 years and fought for justice (mostly unsuccessfully). Watch a demo how to tamper with a security bag and learn how to use statistics to detect ballot stuffing [1]. See the obstacles faced by Russians wanting a change. See how the government “wins” the elections.

Quantum cryptography is unbreakable in principle, but its real implementations have vulnerabilities arising from equipment imperfections. Certification standards [1] and accredited labs are being established that can test commercial products for these flaws. I explain how we have analysed a commercial quantum key distribution system for loopholes, patched them, and designed tests for the certification lab [2]. I show some attacks, countermeasures, and the testbenches in this lab.